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Sources: Crane Operator In Building Collapse Had Pot, Painkiller In His System
CBSPhilly ^
| 6/7/2013
| Walt Hunter
Posted on 06/07/2013 1:39:32 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Sources tell CBS 3 that blood tests on the crane operator involved with Wednesday’s deadly building collapse in Center City detected the presence of a prescription painkiller and marijuana.
The blood, along with urine, was taken from 42-year-old Sean Benschop at the hospital approximately two hours after the collapse at 22nd and Market Streets, which killed six people and injured 13. (See Related Story)
Sources say investigators also noticed that Benschop, who has a history of 11 prior arrests, including a conviction for possession and dealing drugs, was speaking in what police considered an unusually slow, quiet way, “almost whispering,” according to a source.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: benschop; collapse; crane; marijuana; medicalmarijuana; operator; painkiller; philadelphia; seanbenschop
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Get that man some medical marijuana... pot does not hurt anyone, it's a victimless crime.
To: PieterCasparzen
With his record, why was he even hired to operate a crane?
To: PieterCasparzen
...pot does not hurt anyone No more so than alcohol.
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posted on
06/07/2013 1:42:16 PM PDT
by
SeeSharp
To: PieterCasparzen
Dang...they let THAT guy near a crane? The guy in charge should be joining him...
To: PieterCasparzen
Doesn't matter if it was booze, drugs, or being on the cell phone, it's negligent homicide, and there are laws against that.
/johnny
To: PieterCasparzen
With his record he shouldn’t have had the job in the first place.
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posted on
06/07/2013 1:43:16 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: PieterCasparzen
“pot does not hurt anyone, it’s a victimless crime. “
The pain killer was most likely the cause. “Do not operate heavy machinery.”
To: PieterCasparzen
Whats the problem,hes just be’en a bro
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posted on
06/07/2013 1:43:39 PM PDT
by
CGASMIA68
To: PieterCasparzen
Is this a union only job site?
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posted on
06/07/2013 1:45:24 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
To: SeeSharp
Not true! Marihuana is much more dangerous because smokers can consume it from waking up all through the day and not think they are impaired.
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posted on
06/07/2013 1:46:01 PM PDT
by
kabumpo
(Kabumpo)
To: t1b8zs
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posted on
06/07/2013 1:46:29 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
To: gov_bean_ counter
If Obie had a son... He'd be at Harvard Law smoking pot, not some dirt bag jobsite in Philly LOL.
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posted on
06/07/2013 1:48:28 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
To: kabumpo
Not true! Marihuana is much more dangerous because smokers can consume it from waking up all through the day and not think they are impaired.
[giggling] wwhhhhhaaaaa man ? hey, wo ....
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posted on
06/07/2013 1:49:41 PM PDT
by
PieterCasparzen
(We have to fix things ourselves)
To: nascarnation
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posted on
06/07/2013 1:50:05 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
With his record, why was he even hired to operate a crane?
That's racist !
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posted on
06/07/2013 1:50:28 PM PDT
by
PieterCasparzen
(We have to fix things ourselves)
To: nascarnation
Is this a union only job site?Yes you have to belong to the pothead union.-
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posted on
06/07/2013 1:51:41 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
To: PieterCasparzen
Which union is defending him?
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posted on
06/07/2013 1:52:07 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Obama's Enemies List - Yes, you are a crook.)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
“With his record, why was he even hired to operate a crane?”
There’s a huge push to forbid employee background checks. This is because prior arrests prevent former convicts from getting jobs. One of the people arguing for this was a director at a company where I worked. She said she’d give a former convict a job over someone who wasn’t a former convict because “they needed the break.” (My thought was, what about the guy who kept his nose clean, has a perfect record and needs a job? What about HIM? But I didn’t say it because she was an idiot and idiots want to live in an echo chamber.)
To: VeniVidiVici
The International Bro’hood of Crazane Opsimaters.
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posted on
06/07/2013 1:53:42 PM PDT
by
PieterCasparzen
(We have to fix things ourselves)
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